Water:Trails:Unlimited

In addition to the national thematic foci, the campaign is planned to be raised to the international level over the next few years. Implementation together with European and African Naturefriends
associations as well as a thematic expansion are also scheduled.

In autumn 2013, four representatives of the Czech Naturefriends took part in the kick-off seminar to the “Water:Trails” campaign, which was organised by Naturefriends International in Spital am
Pyhrn, Austria. After getting more familiar with the aims of the campaign and measures used to fulfil them, Naturefriends Czechia also joined the campaign and prepared a one-year project,
supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.

Of all pupils attending school in Vienna, about half use more than one language in their everyday life however, this fact is seldom paid attention to. In order to change that, the project
"Experiencing diversity" aimed at linking linguistic diversity and a day at a stream in the Vienna Woods to experience nature.

The Water:Backpack is a toolkit for the playful exploration of aquatic habitats. It contains a landing net, a tumbler with a magnifying glass and cups in which one can gently hold and observe
animals and plants as well as information material to help identify aquatic organisms and practical instructions for educational outdoor games and research assignments.

Twenty children from several local Naturefriends groups in Senegal attended a seminar organised by Naturefriends Senegal to learn about water, climate change, waste management/recycling and
domestic shrub and tree species, which are of special importance along natural water bodies.